Folding umbrella.



O. GUGLIELMONE.

FOLDING UMBRELLA.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 23. 1914.

Patented May 1, 1917.

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FOLDING UMBRELLA.

APPLICATLQN ElLED JUNE 23.1914.

1,224,533, Patented May1,1917.

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FOLDING UMBRELLA.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 1, 1217.

Application filed June 23, 1914. Serial No. 846,801.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, OSCAR GUGLIELMONE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Bronx, New York, in the county of New York and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in FoldingUmbrellas; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to folding umbrellas and has for its object toprovide a rod consisting of a plurality of jointed sections and meansfor reliably locking the sections in operative position.

Another object of the invention is the provision of an umbrellas whichmay be folded at several points and conveniently carried about in thepocket of the user.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in thenovel construction, arrangement and formation of parts, which will behereinafter specifically described, claimed and illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in which,

Figure 1 represents a side elevation of the umbrella in open position,

Fig. 2 represents a side elevation of the rod, partly broken away,showing the sections thereof in extended and unlocked position,

Fig. 3 represents a side elevation of the rod, partly broken away,showing the sections in locked position,

Fig. 4 represents a side elevation of the rod, partly broken away,showing the sections completely folded,

Fig. 5 represents a side elevation of the umbrella, partly closed andpartly folded,

Fig. 6 represents an enlarged edge elevation of the rib and bracingmember therefor, partly broken away,

Fig. 7 represents a side elevation of the rib and reinforcing elementtherefor,

Fig. 8 represents an enlarged detail view, partly broken away, of theconnection between the sections of the rod,

Fig. 9 represents an enlarged detail view, partly broken away, of thesections of the rod, taken at right angles to Fig. 8, and,

Fig. 10 represents an enlarged sectional view on the line 1010 of Fig.5.

Referring to the drawings in detail, wherein similar reference numeralsdesignate corresponding parts throughout the several views, the numeral11 indicates generally the rod of the umbrella consisting of threesections indicated by the numerals 12, 13 and14. The section 12 isprovided with a handle 15 of any preferred shape and is provided at itsopposite extremity with a reduced extension 16 having its endsbifurcated and provided with a pivot pin 17 extending through thebifurcations and projecting a distance laterally of one side of theextension. The adjacent end of the intermediate section 13 is formedwith a concentric recess 18 rotatably receiving the member 19 having aninner flanged end 20 adapted to engage against the shoulder formedadjacent the outer end of the recess 18 for limiting the outwardmovement of the member 19. A link 21 pivotally connects the member 19with the reduced extension 16 of the rod section 12. The section 13 isformed with a bayonet slot 22 adapted, when the sections 12 and 13 aremoved together, to receive the laterally projecting end of the pin 17 tose cure said sections in extended or operative position. The oppositeend of the intermediate section 13 is provided with a reduced extensionl6 similar to the section 16 of the handle section 12 and is connectedwith the rotatable member 19 carried by the outer end section 14. Thesection 14 is provided with a bayonet slot 22 adapted to receive thelaterally projected end of the pin 17 of the extension 16* to-lock thesections 13 and 14 in extended or operative position, as illustrated inFig. 3.

An angular member or sleeve 23 is secured adjacent the lower extremityof the section 14 and is provided with an apertured flange 24 pivotallysecuring the inner ends of the inner sections 25 of the ribs. The ribsec tions 25 are pivotally connected at 26 to the outer section 27. Thebracing elements 28 are pivotally connected to the inner rib sections 25and are reduced at their inner ends to define inclined shoulders 30 andcurved to provide integral hooks 30 adapted to engage within apertures31 formed in the outwardly directed flange 32 of the sleeve 33 slidablelongitudinally on the rod 11 and adapted to be engaged by a springlocking member 34 carried by the section 14 to lock the umbrella in openposition.

In use, the sections of the handle are moved into an extended positionand subsequently moved together and rotated to engage the projectingends of the pins 17 and 17 in the slots 22 and 522 to lock the sectionsin position. The hooked ends 30 of the bracing elements 28 are engagedwithin the several apertures 31 of the slidable member 33 thus engagingthe shoulders 230 with the member 33 and the outer rib sections 27 aremoved into alinement with the inner sections 25. lhe slidable member 33is moved toward the section 14 of the rod in the usual manner to raisethe umbrella, the shoulders 30 preventing the member 33 from slidinglongitudinally upon .the bracing elements 28, and is locked by thespring member 34:- To fold the umbrella the same may be lowered in theusual manner and the hooked ends 30 disengaged from the apertures in theslidable member 33. The outer rib sections 27 are subsequently turnedupon the inner rib sections 25 as illustrated in Fig. 5 and the severalsections of the rod rotated to disengage the pins 17 and 17 from theangularly directed ends of the slots 22 and 22. The sections of the rodare folded in .the position illustrated in Fig. d and the device whenthus folded may be conveniently carried in the pocket or grip.

What I claim is:

In an umbrella, a rod formed of sections, one of the sections having alongitudinal recess therein at one end thereof, the outer end of therecess being restricted so as to provide an internal shoulder, thementioned end of the section having one side thereof provided with abayonet slot communicating with the recess in the section and hav ingone branch opening into the termlnal of the mentioned end of thesection, an

elongated element rotatably and slidably mounted within the recess,means on the inner end of the element adapted to engage the shoulderwithin the recess when the element is slid outwardly so as to limit theoutward movement of the element, a link having one end pivotallyconnected to the outer end of the element and adapted to extend into therecess in the rod section when the element is slid inwardly, anextension carried by one end of the other section of the rod and adaptedto be received by the outer end of the recess in the firstmentionedsection of the rod when the element and the link are inserted within therecess, and a pin pivotally connecting the other end of the link to theextension and having one terminal projecting laterally beyond one sideof the extension and adapt ed to be received by the mentioned branch ofthe bayonet slot during the insertion of the element and extension intothe recess in the first-mentioned rod section, and to be received by theother branch of the bayonet slot when the element, link and extensionare fully inserted within the recess, for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

OSCAR GUGLIELMONE.

WVitnesses:

JOHN Bozzurrl, VIERINO GIoReI.

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